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Basic Pizza Sauce
It's hard to believe that pizza originally did not contain tomatoes, but tomatoes originated from the Americas—they didn't reach Italy until the mid-1500s, and they didn't get popular until the late 1800s because people thought they were poisonous. Now, however, tomato-based pizza sauce is considered an essential part of most types of pizza. Want to make it at home? Here's the way to get that great "pizzeria" taste in your sauce, with all the "what"s and "how"s. This recipe is for those who want a quick yet improved pizza sauce, using tomato sauce and sugar.
Ingredients
- smooth tomato spaghetti sauce or pasta sauce, smooth; spaghetti sauce or pasta sauce1 can
- sugar1 handful
- extra-virgin olive oil, optional
Quantities are auto-calculated from the original recipe as a guide. Items without numbers (e.g. “to taste”) are not changed.
Method 3 steps
After rolling out dough, ladle on sauce as directed by the pizza recipe.
Grab a handful of sugar, and sprinkle it over the sauce until the surface of the sauce becomes white but you can see the crystals dissolving.
Drizzle with olive oil if desired.
Region evidence: no stated origin (basic dish)
